Really? I knew about the affair, but I've never heard about the dissertation plagiarism. Who did he plagiarize?
According to the FBI there were many many affairs.
MLK did his dissertation at Boston University. Years later, in the 90's I think, it was discovered that a lot of his dissertation had been plagiarized. I don't remember who discovered it but it was well publicized. It might have been someone from California.
Boston University had a Martin Luther King Writing Center at the time for students who were having trouble writing in their English composition courses. They soon changed the name of the writing center.
I'll look for more info about the plagiarism.
Gosh. I'm almost sorry I googled it.
It turns out the night before MLK died he was with three women.
Apparently about half of his dissertation was plagiarized as were the papers he submitted as an undergraduate.
There are so many good and talented blacks who are so much more deserving that MLK. It's a shame.